PETHAM
WAR MEMORIAL

The
memorial stands in the grounds of All Sinats' Church, Church Lane
Petham and is in the form of a smooth worked Celtic wheel cross on
a tall shaft with a three-stepped base. There are 22 names listed
for World War 1 and 5 for World War 2 (not yet transcribed).

Corporal
74558, 364th Battery, Royal Field Artillery (RFA). Killed in action
in Salonika, Greece 9th September 1916. Aged 22. Born and enlisted
Canterbury. Son of Walter and Elizabeth Hogben, of Westwood Cottages,
Westwood, Faversham, Kent. Native of Boughton, Faversham. One of
four brothers who served in the War, two of whom fell. Buried in
STRUMA MILITARY CEMETERY, Greece. Plot IV. Row A. Grave 10.

NASH,
HENRY WHINFIELD, Stoker, Petty Officer, Royal Navy, s.
of Herbert H. Nash, of Petham, Canterbury, Retired Accountant,
by his wife, Katherine. dau. of W. H. Whinfleld, of Shepperton,
Middlesex; and gdsn. of the late James Nash, Assistant Superintendent
of the Royal Mint ; b. New Malden, co. Surrey, 31 May,
1839; educ. Belvedere, Haywards Heath, co. Sussex; joined the
Royal Navy in 1909: served on H.M.S. Lord Nelson; took part in
the bombardment of the Dardanelles Forts in 1915; assisted in
the landing of troops at Suvla Bay; transferred to H.M. Submarine
E 11; joined H 26 in April, 1918, and died at the Canterbury Hospital
23 Aug. following, from injuries received on Submarine H 26, while
on duty. Buried at Petham, Canterbury ; unm.